Eans for attaching corkscrews to bottles



(No Model.)

t H. W. SIMMS. MEANS FOR ATTAGHING CORK SCREWS T0 BOTTLES.

N6. 266,060. Patented 060.17. 1882.

NHED STATES PATENT Qrrrca.

HENRY W. SIMMS, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

MEANS FOR ATTACHING CORKSCREWS TO BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,060, dated October17, 1882.

- Application filed August 10,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, H. W. SIMMS, of Bay City,in the county of Bay and State ot'Michigau, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Means for Attaching Corkscrews to Bottles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact;description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specitication.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements in means of removably attaching corkscrews to the necks of\ials or bottles, so that such corkscrews maybe readily detached and asreadily attached without the necessity ot'cuttingor tying strings orbreaking and twisting wires.

Where medicines or other materials are put up in vials or bottles thenecks of which are closed with corks, it is customary to force the corkin until flush with the end of the neck,

.- requiring the use of a corkscrew or other implement for removing thesame when it is desired to use the contents of the bottle, and it isalmost universal that the purchaser has no means of extracting suchpart. Hence the object of my invention is to provide a means ofattaching a very inexpensive but efi'ective corkscrew to a bottle, sothat the same may be readily attached and detacl'ied, so that eachbottle containing proprietary or other goods put up in the mannerdescribed can be provided with sure but inexpensive means forwithdrawing the cork.

The invention consists-in the peculiar construction and operation of thefastening and the combination therewith of the bottle and corkscrew, asmore fully hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the upper section of a bottle, showing acorkscrew attached thereto by my improved means. Fig.2 is a plan view ofa means of attachment detached.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents the neck of a bottle, and B a ring -corkscrew, formed in awell-known manner from a single piece of Wire. 0 is a strap, made offlexible sheet metal, near one end of which there is punched a smallhole, a, to receive the point of the corkscrew. The metal band is thenpassed around the neck of the bottle until the free end of such bandwill pass through the ringd 0f the corkscew, when such free end isturned back upon itself around such ring and securely holds thecorkscrew in place. The equivalent ot the metal band would be a flexiblewire with a small loop turned in one end of the same to receive thepoint of the corkscrew, while the free end of the wire, passing aroundthe end of the b0ttle,-would be bent back upon the bottle in the samemanner as already described.

By this means a cheap and economical means for opening the bottle may beprovided, to accompany each bottle of proprietary medicines or other ttlticles ot similar character.

What 1 claim as my invention is--- In combination with a bottle and acorkscrew, a metal piece havingan opening at one end in which the screwis inserted, and a lip at the other end bent-around the handle-ot'thecorkscrew, substantiallyas herein described.

HENRY W. SIMMS.

Witnesses:

J. W. MCMATH, GEORGE P. Conn.

